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CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers

CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers

By: Scott Johnson - Jon Jagger - Beau Schwartz
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Hosted by podcasting vet, Scott Johnson, Jon Jagger and Beau Schwartz. Weekly, on the frogpants network. Video games and the issues around them every week!

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Scott Johnson - Jon Jagger - Beau Schwartz
Science Fiction
Episodes
  • CORE 490: I'll Pass
    Oct 2 2025

    Scott & Jon’s Horror Video Game Fun Time kicks off Friday with Silent Hill f, running each Friday this month. Main topic covers October’s big releases like Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, Little Nightmares 3, Pokémon Legends Z-A, Ninja Gaiden 4, The Outer Worlds 2, Mina the Hollower and more. Other news: Microsoft hikes Game Pass, EA goes private, Fortnite pulls Peacemaker, Capcom coy on RE9. Dear Martha Gameshow returns with “Find the Flaw.” This week in play: Hades 2, CloverPit, Shipbreaker, Kaiju Cleanup, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Megabonk, Sonic Racing Crossworlds.


    GAMES PLAYED


    SHARED

    Hades 2

    CloverPit


    SCOTT

    Hardspace: Shipbreaker

    Kaiju Cleanup (upcoming)


    JON

    Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

    Megabonk

    Sonic Racing Crossworlds


    BEAU

    Hades II all day all night!

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    3 hrs and 23 mins
  • CORE 489: Straight Out of Hades
    Sep 26 2025

    Happy ten years to CORE! Plus, Beau reminds us about a Kojima credit card coming soon. Highlights from TGS like Kojima’s new horror game OD and Capcom announcements including C. Viper in SF6, Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, Pragmata, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. PlayStation’s State of Play brought a bag of goodies: Saros, Zero Parades for Dead Spies, Flight Simulator 2024, a Deus Ex remaster, Mega Man in Sonic Racing, Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete, Code Vein 2, Let it Die: Inferno, Chronoscript, new Pulse speakers, and Wolverine. (Which looked REALLY good.) Plus all the usual fun times at CORE.


    SHARED PLAY THIS WEEK

    Scott and Jon both spent time in Megabonk, which is far better than its looks suggest.

    Sonic Racing CrossWorlds was played by Scott and Jon.

    Hades II saw time from all of us, with Beau having already played in Early Access and a bit more today.

    Borderlands 4 continued, mainly Beau.

    More No Man’s Sky, though not much new to report, Beau included.


    SCOTT

    Plenty of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor.

    Three hours of Metal Gear Solid Delta — very Kojima.

    Tried the demo for Slots & Daggers, which will be a day-one buy.


    JON

    Fortnite remains a regular, especially the Blitz mode.


    BEAU

    Skate in Early Access.

    More Hollow Knight: Silksong.

    Some Heroes of the Storm, though waiting on the new patch.

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    3 hrs and 52 mins
  • CORE 488: Hedge Your Bets
    Sep 19 2025

    Nintendo Direct dropped big news: Metroid Prime 4, more Fire Emblem, a quirky “Ditto Crossing,” and even Virtual Boy stuff, plus Hades 2’s 1.0 launch date is September 25. Meanwhile, Randy Pitchford remains the industry’s baffling clown in an ill-fitting suit, Sega is back with some old-school “Ninten-Don’t” ads, and speculation heats up around Cyberpunk 2 possibly including multiplayer (though Scott was sure that was already confirmed). And of course, LOTS MORE!


    Shared Games This Week

    •Borderlands 4

    •No Man’s Sky


    Scott

    •Town to City

    •Cash Cleaner Simulator


    Jon

    •No, I’m Not a Human


    Beau

    •Hollow Knight: Silksong

    •Elden Ring: Neightreign

    •Void Crew

    •World of Warcraft

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    3 hrs and 18 mins
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